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The mirror's use in suicide
L Riddick1, P G Mussell, G D Cumberland
1Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Mobile 36607.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
Eleven suicides in which the victim took his or her life while looking into a mirror are presented. The psychoanalytic implications of this extreme form of narcissism are discussed. Investigators should have a high index of suspicion of suicide in cases where a dead body is positioned in front of or near a mirror.